Plaid Cymru

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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

4,367 speeches and questions

30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Yes. Would you have concerns in relation to the impact in terms of climate and emissions of re-mining that coal and potentially burning it?
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Okay. Thank you. I want to pick up on something that was said in the WLGA's paper, where you referred to the potential for the Bill to encourage an industry orientated towards, and I quote, '"re-mining" disused coal tips under the guise of preventing future…
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
And Kevin, any views on the sanctions?
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
—in this committee. Okay. There might not be a one-word answer for this one, because it's about sanctions—although there may be, I don't know. Because the White Paper proposed a range of enforcement powers and civil sanctions, but, of course, they haven't…
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Oh, we like one-word answers—
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Yes. There we are. Okay. All in agreement. Thank you. Carolyn.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Jacqueline, do you agree?
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Can we start with Kevin this time, maybe?
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Okay, excellent, thank you. If you'd allow us, Janet, I think, in the interests of time, we'll move on to the next section. So, Julie, do you want to lead on this? Thank you.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Well, that's a case in point, then, isn't it?
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Sorry, Jacqueline, did you want to come in?
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Yes, Andrew wants to come in. Before you do, we've got about 10 or 15 minutes left. There are a few other things that we want to cover, but we need to address these issues.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Okay. Delyth wants to come in on this.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Okay. Kevin.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Stephen first; I think it's relevant for Kevin to come in as well, if he wishes to. Stephen first.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Thank you. Thank you very much. Janet.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Yes, Jacqueline.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
That's useful. We can certainly feed that back when we have the Deputy First Minister before us in March. Okay. Carolyn.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
No. Okay. Kevin, how do you respond to that, then, and also the point that Delyth was making about the tension between maybe having the flexibility that you have in guidance, but obviously without a duty in legislation to do it, then the risk is that much of…
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
So, you haven't had an active involvement. Unless the WLGA might have had on a—
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
In fairness, the Deputy First Minister has said that the Government is working on the guidance now. They've said that the committee would be in receipt of a draft soon, I think, the end of this month—that's tomorrow, isn't it, but in Government speak, that's…
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
The guidance. Yes, well, speaking of which, I think, Delyth, you're going to lead on this for us.
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Of course, you're right in differentiating between those that you own and those that you don't. I'd forgotten about that element. Anything else, Jacqueline?
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
How do you see the interplay, then, because Andrew was making the point earlier about local knowledge contributing significantly to those processes? Do you see any role for local authority in the monitoring?
30 January 2025Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Stage 1 scrutiny of the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill - Evidence session with the Welsh Local Government Association and Local Authorities
Kevin, do you want to pick up on this one?